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We will try to get every single manager under the LMA spotlight – so if
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23 May 2002
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Roy Keane's international career may now be over, but the midfielder thinks he may have a future in football management; before the World Cup flare-up, we asked Mick McCarthy his thoughts on that possibility.
Having built himself a reputation as a tough-tackling, no-nonsense defender during his playing days, Mick McCarthy is in a strong position to identify similar qualities in his own players, and Roy Keane is certainly in that mould.
McCarthy emphasized that Keane's agressive persona on the field often belies his quiet, intelligent manner off the pitch, something that many observers fail to see of the Manchester United hard-man. Keane has been quick to speak out recently on a number of issues, from Manchester United's disappointing season, to Ireland's World Cup preparations and, consequently, his own future in the game, which is now a future without international football.
On Keane the player: "Arguably the world's best at what he does...I wouldn't swap him."
"You watch him in training and he does things on a different level to most people... It's his desire and his will to win and his agression - the whole package."
"He never gives it away...but he's also got that wonderful ability when he goes marauding forward."
On Keane the manager?: "Roy is a very intelligent guy and he's very thoughtful about his football." "He's a very quiet, unassuming, shy kind of bloke - different altogether on the field." "He knows enough about the game, that's for sure... and he's got very strong and powerful opinions on how it should be played... he would command huge respect." |
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